Well, I guess as a self-confessed socialist this one is kinda obvious for me.

I will take either a pragmatic socialist path (leaning slightly towards libertarian socialism). I would have said liberal democracy not too long ago, but I've been increasingly disappointed with where it's going. I would take it as a temporary solution for now, but I think it'll eat itself eventually thanks to the economic model that sits on top of it. I would also name both enlightened despotism and communism, but those are reliant on an ideal-world scenario which by default can't be relied on, so they're right out.

Genocidal totalitarian. :88)

Ditto.

Republic with suffrage limited to the citizens aged 55, not one year more or less.

"The vice of capitalism is that it stands for the unequal sharing of blessings; whereas the virtue of socialism is that it stands for the equal sharing of misery."
- Winston Churchill

:|\\

Tribal authority should only come from the chief ... if he needs any extra helping hands he should be able to chose from the strong able bodied men counted as trust worthy among their own kindred.

Everyone's rice bowl must have a little piece of chicken or pork to satisfy the pallet'. All women are to remain topless till after their third child. Please dig a hole and cover up all waste material, so as not to offend the chief when walking among the camp fires.

When the chief dies, two men will be chosen to arrange for the entire tribe to join the chief in his cermonial burial grounds horse drawn cart. Burial to include all wives, children, followers, animals, gold and precious gem stones.

That really happened by the way .... I think it was 500 BC in the land that now resembles Germany or was it Romania?

Somehow that actually appeals to me? :hmm:

I know exaclty what you mean.:o

I'll take the Russian point of view. Life is sh1t and then we die. Every day is an opportunity to experience misery in a differnet way. So why jerk off for the rest of your life hiding from inevitability? :rotfl:

And AL, I don't think that its very fair to supplya quote in place of an actual argument. Which one is that? The appeal to authority? I have to be careful how often I use these fallacy terms. waste gate might actually accuse me of making a similar observation about a recurring theme amongst the same people too frequently.

capitalism - cap·i·tal·ism

n. Buy the most expensive **** that you can, and then die.

Secular democracy based on the Westminster System as is the case at home in Australia. :up:

Reason. - Without it, none of the above can produce any good that lasts beyond the moment.

The Soviet Collapse
Grain and Oil

http://www.aei.org/publications/pubI...pub_detail.asp

Big bubble..

Did you copy and paste that from Mao's little red book? Available from Amazon.com and at fine capitalist pig/imperialist dog booksellers everywhere.

I'll take the Republicanism that America started with:
"The legitimate purpose of government is to prevent that which is injurious."
-Thomas Jefferson

Which is why my children never ever ever ever run with scissors in their hands. :yep:

So that's what makes us Republicans! :hmm:

Democracies are perfect as long as 1) They are not too big, 2) All voters are intelligent, responsable, educated and cultivated.

Dictatorships are perfect as long as 1) The dictator is intelligent, responsable, educated and cultivated, 2) He uses his powers in the best benefit of society and avoids corruption of him and his administration.

No democracy or dictatorship I have seen did met the requisites :shifty:

But if one ever meets them, I would like to live there.:yep:

It should be noted anyway that it is easier to get one intelligent, responsable, educated and cultivated person for dictator rather than several thousands or millions for a good democracy :roll:

http://www.worldaudit.org/countries/finland.htm :smug:

Hey, and it's full of beatiful blondes :D

Now why didn't I think about this before I met my wife and we created our family here? :hmm:

Move your family here, the winters are warm these days. :D
But you are right, that its much more easy to organize things when the state is small. Like in the US, small states do better in different surveys than the large ones.